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On a day of mixed fortunes for Indian contenders for the singles titles at the year-ending Dubai World Superseries Finals PV Sindhu just about managed to hold off a strong challenge from Chinese left-hander He Bingjiao while compatriot Kidambi Srikanth was mercilessly cut down to size by the reigning world champion from Denmark Viktor Axelsen.After an outstanding start to the opening game of her campaign in the 1 million prize money tournament Sindhu struggled to read the bewildering mix of slices half-smashes and full-blooded smashes doled out by her rival. But she managed to withstand the barrage and run out a 21-11 16-21 21-18 winner in an absorbing Group A contest that lasted four minutes over the hour mark.Srikanth made an equally bright start to his opening Group B joust against the towering 6 4 Axelsen but faded away in the face of a sustained counter-attack by the 23-year-old defending champion and caved in by a 13-21 17-21 scoreline in just 37 minutes much to the disappointm...

Get Real Madrid CF updates directly to your inbox SubscribeThank you for subscribing!Could not subscribe try again laterInvalid EmailThe Video Assistant Referee is still a relatively new thing in professional football and fans are still getting to grips with it. And so when the VAR completely took over the Club World Cup semi-final clash between Al Jazira and Real Madrid in Abu Dhabi on Wednesday evening people were left confused. Very confused. It all started in the 30th minute of the match at the Zayed Sports City Stadium when a header from Real midfielder Casemiro found the net via an Al Jazira defender. The goal was initially disallowed then it was given with Real even tweeting as much only to then delete it as it was disallowed again. It was eventually ruled out by the VAR as Karim Benzema was deemed to be offside. Casemiro s header is deflected in (Image: REUTERS) The Brazilian remonstrates with the referee (Image: REUTERS) The Frenchman was in an offside position but it was th...

Abu Dhabi: Gareth Bale scored with his first touch after coming off the bench to strike the Real Madrid winner as the European champions survived a scare to beat local side Al Jazira 2-1 on Wednesday and reach the Club World Cup final.Al Jazira s Brazilian forward Romarinho gave the Abu Dhabi team a shock lead in the 40th minute of an action-packed game after heavy favourites Real twice hit the woodwork and had two goals ruled out one after a long consultation between the referee and his video assistant.Al Jazira looked to have doubled their lead one minute into the second half but the strike from Mbark Boussoufa was correctly ruled out for offside and Cristiano Ronaldo eased Real s nerves by smashing in the equaliser in the 52nd minute.Real Madrid s Gareth Bale celebrates after scoring his side s second goal during the Club World Cup semifinal against Al Jazira Club. APReal continued to dominate and Karim Benzema twice hit the woodwork before being replaced by Bale who met Lucas Vaz...

Washington Dec 12 (IANS) Jupiter s famous storm the Great Red Spot penetrates well below the clouds -- about 300 kilometres into the planet s atmosphere suggest data collected by NASA s Juno spacecraft. One of the most basic questions about Jupiter s Great Red Spot is: how deep are the roots said Scott Bolton Juno s principal investigator from the Southwest Research Institute in San Antonio. Juno data indicate that the solar system s most famous storm is almost one-and-a-half Earths wide and has roots that penetrate about 200 miles (300 kilometres) into the planet s atmosphere Bolton said. The findings based on data collected by the Juno spacecraft during its first pass over Jupiter s Great Red Spot in July 2017 were announced on Monday at the annual American Geophysical Union meeting in New Orleans. The science instrument responsible for this in-depth revelation was Juno s Microwave Radiometer (MWR). The Great Red Spot is a giant oval of crimson-coloured clouds in Jupiter s southern...

Photo An artist s rendering shows a flyby of the New Horizons spacecraft of 2014 MU69 a distant object in the solar system s Kuiper belt. MU69 is no more than 20 miles wide and it s possible scientists say it has an even smaller moon. Credit NASA/JHUAPL/SwRI In just over a year a NASA spacecraft will visit a tiny world at the edge of the solar system. Now that tiny object appears to have an even tinier moon scientists announced on Tuesday.The object known as 2014 MU69 is small no more than 20 miles wide but planetary scientists hope that it will turn out to be an ancient and pristine fragment from the earliest days of the solar system.The moon if it exists might be about three miles wide circling at a distance of about 120 miles from MU69 completing an orbit every two to four weeks estimated Marc W. Buie an astronomer at the Southwest Research Institute in Boulder Colo.He cautioned that the findings were tentative. The story could change next week he said.Dr. Buie and others working ...

Are you a music lover? Think good music can cure about anything and cheer you up in the difficult times? Your assessment may not be entirely wrong. According to a latest study Traditional depression treatments like psychotherapy or medication when complemented with a dose of music therapy could show better results as compared to those being treated with just traditional medication. According to the analysis in the Cochrane Library music could prove to be therapeutic for those struggling with depression. For the study the team examined data on 421 people who participated in nine previously completed short-term experiments that tested music s role in easing depression on its own or added to traditional interventions.The findings revealed that patients felt less depressed when music was included as part of their treatment regimen. It also played an effective role in cutting down anxiety and improve mental and physical functioning of depressed individuals by a significant margin. Senior ...

AHMEDABAD: BJP president Amit Shah today cast his vote at a polling booth in the Naranpura area here and appealed to the public to come out to vote in large numbers to carry forward the journey of development He came to the polling booth at the Naranpura sub-zonal office to cast vote along with his wife Sonal Shah and son Jay Shah. I would like to appeal to the voters to come out in large numbers to cast their vote to take ahead the journey of development Amit Shah told reporters after coming out of the polling booth. He said the development model of Gujarat is praised across the country . I believe this tempo should be maintained and the people should vote in large numbers to give a befitting reply to those opposing the Gujarat model he said. After casting his vote the BJP chief went to the Kameshwar Shiva temple with his family members to offer prayers. In a message posted in Gujarati language on Twitter he said Today is the second and final phase of voting and the BJP has fulfille...

By Chaitanya Kalbag Those who make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities. - Voltaire Absurdity was piled atop absurdity as seven weeks of vitriol ended in a splash on Tuesday with Prime Minister Narendra Modi taking a seaplane ride. When this prime minister arguably the most powerful mass leader we have had in a generation breaks security rules his loyal ministers fall over themselves to promise a review. He sets the rules. Our politicians have plumbed new depths in slander and abuse. This is a bottomless pit: with social media amplifying every word and gesture we have heard enough about everything from imported mushrooms to Allauddin Khilji s offspring. Although Modi has only seven million fewer followers than Donald Trump s 44 million on Twitter he has to work much harder making speech after stump speech. He cannot take anything for granted least of all the seven million Gujaratis between 18 and 25 who were eligible to vote in the 2017 election - which is why hoppi...